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Forced rhubarb is a winter specialty that's quite different from rhubarb grown outdoors: It's milder, more tender, and brightly coloured.
Brian French and his wife Jeannette run Lennox Farm in Dufferin County, in Ontario. Along with field-grown rhubarb, they force rhubarb indoors during the winter.
Brian French explains how to force rhubarb:
The difference between forced and field-grown rhubarb
Conditions needed to force rhubarb over the…
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